Burial apparatus



(No Model.)

A. E. WHITNEY. BURIAL APPARATUS.

No. 518,976. v PatentedMay 1, 1894.

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ALBERT ERNEST WHITNEY, OF MUNOIE, INDIANA.

BURIAL APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No.- 518,976, dated May 1,1894.

Application filedMay 10,1893. Serial No. 473,652- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT ERNEST WHIT- NEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Muncie, in the county of Delaware and State ofIndiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Burial Apparatus;and I do hereby declare the following tobea full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in burialapparatus and consists in the construction and arrangement of partshereinafter described and definitely pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a lid with straps attached to thecatches, and a casket box shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2, is a view of astrap. Fig. 3, is a detail of a part of a lid.

Referring to the said drawings, A represents the lid of a casket boxwhich is made of boards runningcrosswise of the box and the said boardsare held together by being secured to a long strip or board B runninglengthwise of the said box, all "as shown in Fig. 1. In each end of thetop strip or board B are secured the catches or projections D, which arepreferably made of wire in the form of a staple, having their endsdriven down into the board so that the body or main part of the catcheslies parallel and even with the surface of the said strip B. Under theprojecting ends of each of the catches D the said strip B is cut awayforming cups or depressions C 0 most clearly shown in Fig. 3. Thesedepressions allow the eyes E of the straps to readily move under thesaid catches D as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The straps F are provided attheir lower ends with an eye or link E, which is riveted or otherwisesecured to the said strap, most clearly shown in Fig. 2. Then the caskethas'been lowered into the box the straps F are hooked into the the lid.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as follows: A casket box lidconsisting of cross boards A and longitudinal boardB, the said board Bhaving depressions 0 over which are secured the catches D, the whole incombination with the straps F and links E, all for the purpose.

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In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and signature in thepresence of two witnesses.

ALBERT ERNEST WHITNEY. Witnesses: I

MILT GRAY, ALBERT J. GRIFFIS.

